[Nephrogenic nephroma]

Arch Anat Cytol Pathol. 1992;40(5-6):266-71.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Nephrogenic nephroma was individualized by A. Pagès in 1980 as a rare renal neoplasia that mainly occurs in adolescents and adults and presents a benign outcome. The tumor is composed of very small tubular, papillary, and glomeruloid structures. Immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy show that the tumor is a proliferation of primitive epithelial cells that mimic the embryonal nephron. This neoplastic entity has often been confused with a nephroblastoma, although it is a benign tumor that is cured by simple resection. Further studies are needed to define its exact incidence and its histogenesis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Nephrectomy
  • Prognosis
  • Wilms Tumor / diagnosis
  • Wilms Tumor / pathology*
  • Wilms Tumor / surgery